I don't want to be an elf!

"How many clones are still alive? Try to keep them occupied, I'll be there soon."

"There are still forty-two left! Ahh ...

Before Doppelganger Number Three could finish speaking, she screamed, and the sound grew fainter and fainter.

Until the very end, it came to an abrupt end.

"Clone Number Three? Number Three?"

"Hello, my true form."

"Report the situation! How many clones are still alive? Clone number three!"

"Main body, Loli Three is answering on behalf of us. There are forty-one surviving clones. Commander Number Three was just grabbed by the tentacles... and gloriously sacrificed himself."

"Then you will take over the position of number three and organize the other clones to hold them off and prevent them from escaping. I'll be there soon."

"Yes."

With a somewhat grim expression, Kurumi Tokisaki hung up the phone, stood up, and walked to Louisa's side.

Before Louisa could say anything, she struck the girl unconscious with a single blow.

After throwing Louisa and the other ability users into the shadow dimension, Kurumi Tokisaki left the White Whale and flew towards Yokohama Port.

Next, she prepared to take matters into her own hands.

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Author's Note: Today's San San

Chapter 92 The Final Link to the Destruction of Yokohama

Yokohama, port warehouse.

The port, which is usually busiest during the day, is now deserted, with no workers in sight and even the horns of cargo ships have been silent for a long time.

Instead, there were countless loud gunshots and the roar of buildings collapsing.

Inside the port, in the warehouse area that should have been built on the ground, large areas of warehouses and their goods had been moved to the ground, and even the broken walls and ruins had been crushed into dust.

In the middle of the flat ground was a giant alien creature that was over twenty meters tall.

Its empty eyes were pitch black, revealing no emotion. Its head was wrapped by four humanoid arms, and a pair of bat-like wings were attached to the back of its head.

The monster's bluish skin had a slippery feel, and countless octopus tentacles extended from various parts of its body, waving around like a demon.

Just looking at it is enough to send chills down your spine.

Below the monster, the clones fired at it in twos and threes, barely managing to fight off the behemoth by relying on the mobility provided by their infiltration into the shadows and their flight.

However, the damage caused by the bullets formed from spiritual energy after they entered the monster's body was completely ineffective against such a huge monster.

Even with its super-high self-healing ability, these wounds heal in less than three seconds.

Their attacks were completely ineffective, not even qualifying as scraping therapy.

On the other hand, the clone's team, which was originally a neat and orderly hundred-person squad, is now less than half full.

The clones flying in the sky were swatted away like mosquitoes, while the clones in the shadows were crushed like whack-a-mole.

With the tentacles waving and slapping, none of the clones were able to withstand a single blow.

“It’s fortunate that Mr. Lovecraft is here, otherwise you and I alone would not be able to deal with these replicas at all.”

"If it weren't for your quick thinking and noticing the anomaly by looking at the surrounding plants, we might have all been wiped out."

On the head of the alien octopus, a blond boy dressed in ranch cowboy clothes and a red-haired girl in a fluffy dress sat, gripping the tentacles tightly to keep themselves from falling, while observing the battle below.

Just twenty minutes ago, they received a message from Louisa, the group's strategic planner. The three group members, who were originally planning to ambush the armed detective agency members, changed their location and came to Yokohama Port.

However, they hadn't been here long when a hundred-strong squad led by Clone Number Three appeared.

If it weren't for John's special ability allowing him to detect the anomaly in advance and have Lovecraft immediately activate his final form to fight, they would have been captured long ago.

"What's going on? How do these guys know our location?" Lucy's expression was slightly gloomy. "Could it be that someone infiltrated the White Whale and wiped out all the members left on board?"

“That would be terrible. I was counting on the salary after the mission was successful to support my younger siblings’ schooling. You know how expensive it is to get into a good school in the US,” John said helplessly. “We can’t rely on Louisa. We can only wait for news from the president… Hmm? Just now, the president called.”

John took out his vibrating phone from his pocket and breathed a slight sigh of relief after seeing the name on the caller ID.

"Hello, is this the president?"

“Report…report the situation.” Fitzgerald on the other end of the phone was panting, sounding like he wasn’t in good shape.

"Twenty minutes ago we received a message from Louisa that we had arrived at Yokohama East Port, but we were ambushed here and are currently fighting the Nightmare clone. Mr. Lovecraft has activated his final form. Lucy and I are unharmed."

“The White Whale has fallen, Louisa has been taken hostage, and your hideout has been exposed,” Fitzgerald said weakly. “Now, Kurumi Tokisaki should be on her way to you, John, and you are her target.”

"What?! Me?!"

John was shocked to hear the news: "Why me?"

"Because your ability is necessary for her."

John Steinbeck, his superpower is called "The Grapes of Wrath".

The ability is to cultivate grape seeds in the blood, causing them to grow rapidly into mature grapevines, and then to manipulate them.

However, its most important and unique ability is the grapevine's own ability called "grafting".

When a grapevine is grafted onto a common plant, the grafted plant becomes part of John's body, providing additional senses and vision.

When a grapevine is grafted onto a person with superpowers, John's grapevine will inherit the grafted person's superpowers. As long as the grafted person does not die, John can continue to use their superpowers.

When John grafts superhumans onto other plants, he gains access to those superhuman abilities. The ordinary plants, due to the grafting process, become part of John, and thus also gain access to those superhuman abilities.

This is the power boost indirectly brought about by the [Grapes of Wrath].

What Kurumi Tokisaki coveted was this ability.

By having John graft his own body, the Angry Grapes can use the City of Time. Then, John can graft grapevines onto ordinary plants throughout Yokohama, thus expanding the City of Time's reach to the entire city.

Simply put, John is a signal diffuser, enabling the scope of the City of Food to expand to the entire Yokohama.

This is why Kurumi Tokisaki needs him.

“I don’t have time to go into details right now. I’m fighting Kurumi Tokisaki’s clone and can’t help you. The other ability users in the group have also been killed. You’re all alone.” Fitzgerald ordered in a slightly urgent tone, “If you can find an opportunity, you and Annie should run away immediately. Let Lovecliffe fight Kurumi Tokisaki. You absolutely cannot let her catch you.”

"Yes."

Although John had no idea what was going on, being targeted by a powerful superhuman was no pleasant experience.

However, no matter who the other party is, with Lovecraft here, he has nothing to worry about.

To capture him, we must at least defeat Lovecraft first.

However, what John and Fitzgerald didn't know was that Kurumi Tokisaki had already arrived at the scene.

In the blind spots they couldn't see, she lurked in the shadows, waiting for her chance to strike.

Kurumi Tokisaki is indeed no match for H.P. Lovecraft, who is even more monstrous than Chuuya Nakahara.

He has no vital organs and can survive being shot in the head and heart. The idea of ​​using the City of Time to drain him dry is absurd, because this guy's lifespan has no end!

Even if the real body comes now, there's nothing we can do about it!

Therefore, Kurumi Tokisaki gave up on the idea of ​​defeating Lovecraft. Even if the first side quest could not be completed perfectly, it was better than wasting time and energy on this guy.

But just because she can't deal with Lovecliff doesn't mean she can't deal with the other two ability users.

Anne and John on Lovecliffe's head, of course she wouldn't pass.

"Now! Zafkelvin, the Seventh Bullet!"

While Lovecraft was focused on chasing his clone, Kurumi Tokisaki suddenly jumped out from the shadows.

The phantom of Zafkiel appeared, causing the Seventh Bullet, which had frozen time, to rapidly fill up.

"Ten shots in a row!"

While the other clones were also firing, no one paid any attention to these ten bullets.

And, unsurprisingly, it struck the massive Lovecraft.

Suddenly, the giant alien octopus froze, its tentacles hanging motionless in mid-air.

Unable to confirm how long the Seventh Bullet would stop Lovecraft, Kurumi Tokisaki didn't wait and leaped onto the octopus's head.

Then, he kicked the troublesome Annie away, leaving the clones below to deal with her.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; before John could even comprehend what was happening, a flintlock pistol was already pressed against his forehead.

"Time is tight, so let's put the self-introduction on hold for now."

Seeing John staring in disbelief, Kurumi Tokisaki grabbed him and dragged him into the shadow dimension.

"Mr. John, could you keep me company for a moment?"

Chapter Ninety-Three: The Final Act of the Performance

"The main body has captured the target; it's time to begin our mission."

"Yes!" X9

At the foot of Yokohama TV Tower, ten clones, led by Clone Number One, emerged from the shadows.

After receiving information from the main body that John had been captured, their small team was able to begin carrying out the mission assigned to them.

Occupy the TV station!

Ten identical clones walked into the TV station, leaving everyone inside dumbfounded.

Even the security guards at the entrance forgot to stop them.

"Bang! Bang bang bang!"

Doppelganger One raised his flintlock pistol, fired a signal shot into the sky, and shouted, "Please cooperate with our operation, or you will bear the consequences."

Shocked by the gun in her hand, a sense of panic arose among the crowd, and many people tried to take the opportunity to escape.

However, the remaining nine clones quickly subdued the entire area and brought all the staff under their control.